WindowBlinds 8.12 Now Available

Published on April 22, 2015 By Island Dog In WinCustomize News

WindowBlinds 8.12 is now available for download. This update includes fixes and enhancements for Chrome and Firefox, and other improvements. View the full changelog.

This update includes:

Improved save dialog responsiveness in Chrome
Various Firefox performance enhancements
Improved user experience for owners of GTA V

Visit your Stardock account to download the update. If you don’t already own WindowBlinds now is a great time to check it out. To learn more visit: http://bit.ly/1iIaejr

Comments

MeSleeper

on Apr 23, 2015

Thanks guys for working on this. The delay for the save file box on a download with Chrome 42 opens significantly faster with this version compared to WB 8.10, but it still lags quite a bit compared to WB 8.06. Could be a function of other things I have running, but passing on that feedback.

olivia17

on Apr 27, 2015

still stuffed with a year old bug :

- roll-up your window

-> your menu hangs out on the desktop

- transparency in perpixel border is inadequately handled

- the UI is terrible...

RedneckDude

on Apr 27, 2015

olivia17

reply 2

still stuffed with a year old bug :
- roll-up your window
-> your menu hangs out on the desktop

It is my understanding that that is a windows 8 bug, not a WindowBlinds bug.

YMMV.

Neil Banfield

on Apr 27, 2015

olivia17

reply 2

still stuffed with a year old bug :

- roll-up your window

-> your menu hangs out on the desktop

- transparency in perpixel border is inadequately handled

- the UI is terrible...

In what way is transparency in per pixel borders inadequately handled?

charlene

on Apr 27, 2015

a windows 8 bug, maybe. Certainly affecting windows 7 x 64 when it was working just great with WB 7.xx. I've already told stardock about this many month ago since the first 8.xx and it's still there.

For the transparency, my skin has an active/inactive state, visible with my previous WB installation. With the 8.12, the transparent part of the inactive state is just gone, there is no transparency at all. Obviously something has changed.

Neil Banfield

on Apr 28, 2015

charlene

reply 5

a windows 8 bug, maybe. Certainly affecting windows 7 x 64 when it was working just great with WB 7.xx. I've already told stardock about this many month ago since the first 8.xx and it's still there.

For the transparency, my skin has an active/inactive state, visible with my previous WB installation. With the 8.12, the transparent part of the inactive state is just gone, there is no transparency at all. Obviously something has changed.

That doesn't seem to be something I am aware of.

Per pixel transparency would be automatic as it is by definition per pixel so based on what is drawn.

Could you provide a sample skin and screenshots?

The_Gear

on Apr 28, 2015

What skin is it? If it's a third party, you will need to contact that skin maker.

charlene

on May 06, 2015

Maybe there was something in my system as I had to go back in time using system restore and now the active/inactive state is right back.

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